Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 2024 Players Auction: After winning the inaugural edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), Rajasthan Royals (RR) have not won a single trophy. They made it to the final of IPL 2022 where they lost to Gujarat Titans (GT) but RR had an average IPL 2023. Under Sanju Samson, the team plays attacking cricket and with a full team which will be ready on December 19 after the IPL 2024 auction, they will be itching to get their elusive second IPL silverware.


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Ahead of the IPL auction, RR had released as many has 9 players including England star Joe Root and West Indian all-rounder Jason Holder. They also traded Devdutt Padikkal in exchange of Avesh Khan who has come from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). 


RR, have once again, put faith in the all-round skills of Riyan Parag who had a tremendous season in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023 as well as Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023. Parag has spent many seasons with RR but has not really delivered a season which could be talked about. He would want be make it count this time around.


Sanju Samson will want to prove a lot in next IPL. He was very close to becoming an IPL-winning captain in 2022. Alas, it did not turn out well for him. Sanju and head coach Kumar Sangakkara will have their task cut out at the auction. Sanju may not be present physically at the auction but he is always going to contribute in picking the remaining players for the Rajasthan Royals side. 


Rajasthan Royals Retained Players: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan (from LSG).


Rajasthan Royals Released Players: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif.


Remaining purse: Rs 13.2 crore


Total slots available: 9


Overseas slots available: 4


Which Players Will RR Target?


RR have some 9 slots to fill and they must target good Indian domestic talent. They might go for Kartik Tyagi who played for them for some seasons.


Sanju Samson will surely be on call with head coach Kumar Sangakkara during the auction.


Full List Of Players Bought By RR In IPL 2024 Auction


NO. PLAYER NAME Auction Price
1 Riyan Parag 3.8 crore
2 Jason Holder 5.75 crore
3 Donovan Ferreira 50 lakh
4 Akash Vashisht 20 lakh
5 Abdul PA 20 lakh
6 Jos Buttler 10 Crore
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 4 Crore
8 Shimron Hetmyer 8.5 crore
9 Devdutt Padikkal 7.75 crore
10 Joe Root 1 crore
11 Sanju Samson 14 Crore
12 Dhruv Jurel 20 lakh
13 R. Ashwin 5 crore
14 Trent Boult 8 crore
15 KC Cariappa 30 lakh
16 Sandeep Sharma 50 lakh
17 Yuzvendra Chahal 6.5 crore
18 Navdeep Saini 2.6 crore
19 Obed McCoy 75 lakh
20 Kuldeep Sen 20 lakh
21 Kuldip Yadav 20 lakh
22 Adam Zampa 1.5 crore
23 KM Asif 30 lakh
24 Murugan Ashwin 20 lakh
25 Kunal Rathore 20 lakh
26 Rovman Powell 7.4 crore
27 SHUBHAM DUBEY 5.8 Cr
28 TOM KOHLER-CADMORE 40 Lakhs
29 Abid Mushtaq 20 Lakhs
30 Nandre Burger 50 Lakhs
31 TBA TBA
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35 TBA TBA
36 TBA TBA
37 TBA TBA
38 TBA TBA
39 TBA TBA
40 TBA TBA

The list will be updated as soon as the auction starts..